Tonhalle Düsseldorf
(c) Telemaz Coprporate
The International Classical Music organized their annual Award Ceremony and Gala at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. It was a magnificent event, with a sold-out concert with Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and numerous artists. Almost 20.000 people followed the livestream on Deutsche Welle.
Samuel Hasselhorn & Lukasz Borowicz
(c) Tonhalle Susanne Diesner
The recording Urlicht which won in the category Vocal Music at the ICMA 2025 was chosen by the Jury as Recording of the Year.
Can Cakmur
The young Turkish pianist Can Çakmur has achieved a rare success in the history of the ICMA: after winning the Young Artist of the Year Award in 2021 and the Solo Instrument Award in 2020, Çakmur has now won the ICMA Award for the third time in five years with his third recording in the…
ICMA and the Tonhalle Düsseldorf present a spectacular Award Ceremony Gala on Wednesday 19 March. The concert will be available for free to wider audiences by livestream on Deutsche Welle’s YouTube Channel. Here is the link to the live streaming: https://youtube.com/live/JrNLG91T4FA.
Quator Danel
Photo: Marco Borggreve
The Danel Quartet wins the 2025 International Classical Music Awards in the Chamber Music category with their album dedicated to Dmitri Shostakovich’s string quartets, released by Accentus. Here is an interview with the Romanian violist Vlad Bogdănaș, a member of the Danel Quartet since 2004, done by Ariadna Ene-Iliescu from the ICMA Jury member Radio…
Ettore Pagano
The winner of the ICMA-Classeek award 2025 is the Italian cellist Ettore Pagano. He came to the instrument as a self-taught and, after winning various competitions, he achieved today’s fame. Giulia Vazzoler from the Italian ICMA Jury member Musica made the following interview with him. Bolognese mother, Neapolitan father, Ettore Pagano grew up in the…
Vladimir Jurowski
In the Video Opera category, the ICMA jury awarded the prize to a production that critics, especially Germans, have argued fiercely about before: Die Fledermaus, staged in Munich in December 2023 by Barrie Kosky with Vladimir Jurowski conducting and singers such as Diana Damrau, Georg Nigl, Martin Winkler and Katharina Konradi in the main roles…
Can Saraç
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The winner of this year’s Discovery Award, the young Turkish pianist Can Saraç (b. 2007), began his studies at the age of five at the piano department of the State Conservatory of Istanbul University and has been continuing his career for the past three years at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich….
Benjamin Kruithof
(c) Clara Evens
Benjamin Kruithof is one of Luxembourg’s most promising young musicians. Born in 1999, he discovered his passion for the cello early on, guided by his family of string players. His journey has taken him from studies in Luxembourg, Maastricht, Cologne, and Berlin to the renowned Kronberg Academy. Winner of prestigious competitions like the Georges Enescu…
